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Chronobioengineering : introduction to biological rhythms with applications /
And Conclusion for Proposition 2.3Measuring Time's Passing-the Adaptive Function of Interval Timers; Timing is (Almost) Everything; Overall Conclusions; References; The Circle Game: Mathematics, Models, and Rhythms; Introduction to Mathematical Modeling; Linear Models of Oscillators; Nonlinear...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[San Rafael, Calif.] :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
©2012-
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| Colección: | Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; How to Use this Book; Acknowledgments; Time and Time Again; Timing is Everything; An Introduction to Biological Time; A Preliminary Case Study; Why Biological Rhythms?; Temporal Adaptation and the Early Bird; A Conceptual Model; A Dynamic Model; Rhythms and Evolution; Chapter Review; References; Walking on Air: An Empirical Proof-of-Concept; On the Nature of Scientific Evidence; The Evidence; On the Nature of Evolutionary Processes; Observations on Human Subjects; Summary and Conclusion for Proposition 2.1; Summary and Conclusion for Proposition 2.2.
- Question 1-What is Meant by the Term ``Deleterious''?Question 2-What is the Nature of the Evidence?; Question 3-What is the Underlying Nature of Daily Rhythm?; Chapter Review; References; Clock Tech, Part 1; Evolution of a Mechanism; Environmentally Driven Rhythms; Are Environmentally Driven Rhythms Sufficient?; Limitations with Environmentally Driven Rhythms and a New Model; Multiple Rhythms and Phase Relationships; Reaction vs. Prediction in Ecosystems and the New Model; Chapter Review; References; Clock Tech II From External to Internal Timers.
- The Cost and Benefits of Environmental DriversA New Dawn-Internalizing the Timers; Endogenous Rhythms and Biological Clocks; Excitable Tissue; A Brief Review; From Rhythmic to Autorhythmic: Creating Endogenous Oscillators; Another Brief Review; Synchronizing Endogenous Rhythms to Environmental Cycles; The Final Analysis; Chapter Review; References; Clock Tech III Rise of the CircaRhythms; Starting Forward by Looking Back; CircaRhythms; Human Studies; Travel Across Time Zones-The Phenomenon of ``Jet Lag''; The 24/7 Society-Shift Work, Circadian Disruption, and Health Issues; Animal Studies.
- Modeling External Perturbations on Biological Oscillators: Synchronization, Entrainment, and Other Effects on RhythmsPhasic Entrainment, Parametric Effects, and Rhythm Position; More Detailed Molecular Network Models; Conclusions and a Caveat; Chapter Review; References; Additional Reading; More References; The Power of Circular Reasoning; Back to the Future; A Prototype Investigative Approach; Definitions and Classifications; The Complex Case of the Electroencephalogram (EEG); The Sensory-Thalmacortical System; How Neurons Became Rhythmic.